Is Cryosurgery or Curettage More Effective at Treating Seborrheic Keratoses?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Seborrheic Keratosis
• Interventions: Procedure: Curettage; Procedure: cryosurgery

• Registration Number: NCT01159860
• Lead Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Brief Summary

Seborrheic keratoses (SK's) are very common, but harmless skin lesions that commonly appear during adult life. Patients with seborrheic keratoses frequently desire treatment due to symptoms of itching and irritation or for cosmetic purposes. Seborrheic keratoses can be easily removed and have been treated in a number of different ways. Two of the simplest and most successful ways to remove seborrheic keratoses are cryosurgery and curettage.

The investigators are conducting this study to see which of these two treatments has the best result.

Approximately 24-30 people will take part in this research study at the Hershey Medical Center.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-07
• Study First Submitted: 2010-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-07-09
• Study First Posted: 2010-07-12
• Primary Completion: 2012-05-11
• Study Completion: 2013-06-06
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-23
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

• have at least 1 seborrheic keratosis on each side of his/her trunk or proximal extremities.
• be able to understand the consent form and evaluation of treatment questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children <18 are excluded from this study based on their inability to independently complete the informed consent and research associated questionnaire.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Curettage	Curettage	One lesion on one side of the patients' trunk or proximal extremities will be treated by curettage.
Cryosurgery	cryosurgery	One lesion on the patients' trunk or proximal extremities will be treated with cryosurgery.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Partial or complete resolution of treated lesion.	6 weeks	Follow up evaluation by a blinded physician along with the gathering of patient information via questionnaires will be obtained at the completion of the study.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States